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Saturday 21st. September 2013

Busby AFC v Oban Saints AFC

Overlee, Clarkston. Kick off 2pm

Referee - Mr John Gallacher

 

 

This Saturday Saints are back on the road with a tricky away fixture against Busby AFC. Saints are unbeaten in their last 6 league fixtures since back to back defeats to Castlemilk and St Joseph's at the tail end of last season which ended Saints league title aspirations. Saints will be desperate to extend this run but can expect a difficult match against their newly promoted opponents.

 

 

Busby currently sit second in the SAFL Premier Division on 10 points, however their opening fixtures have been a mixed bag of 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats scoring 13 but conceding 16 goals in the process.

 

Busby's season so far:-

 

17th August Busby 0 - 4 Inverclyde

21st August Thorn Athletic 3 - 4 Busby

24th August Kilbowie Union 1 - 2 Busby

31st August Busby 4 - 4 St Joseph's

7th September Busby 0 -3 Thorn Athletic

14th September Busby 3 - 1 Alba Thistle





Busby's recent record in the SAFL:-

2006/07 Premier Division One Champions
2007/08 Premier Division 9th Relegated
2008/09 Premier Division One 5th
2009/10 Premier Division One 3rd
2010/11 Premier Division One 7th
2011/12 Premier Division One 4th
2012/13 Premier Division One 4th Promoted

In Busby's 2007/08 season in the Premier Division their encounters with Saints had a perfect symmetry with Saints winning 3 - 2 away but losing by the same score line at home.


SAFL Select

Saints will have five players in the SAFL squad to play for the Douglas Harvey Memorial Trophy against Carlton YM. Donald Campbell, Dene Cassells, Willie Gemmell, Myles MacAulay and Marc MacCallum will join the squad for the match to be played at the Kibble Complex, Paisley. Kick off is at 2pm. Good luck to all taking part.


Football Chairman

A lot is appearing on Twitter timelines about "Football Chairman." For me there can only ever be one Football Chairman; Pork Scratchings magnate and football impresario Eric Openshaw of Warbury Warriors. Possibly the only reason for anybody to buy The Sun! In an amazing 20 years Openshaw and first team manager Nick Jarvis have presided over seven promotions and four relegations and all manner of thrills and spills along the way. I hope he is an inspiration to all you aspiring Football Chairmen out there.

 

 

 

 

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The Saints Are Coming

After last weekend's fixture holiday Saints return to action this Saturday with a home match against the league's other Saints, St Joseph's from Duntocher.

St Joseph's have made a similar start to the league campaign as their Oban counterparts with one win and two draws so far:-

17th August Alba Thistle 1 - 2 St Joseph's
24th August St Joseph's 3 - 3 Castlemilk
31st August Busby 4 - 4 St Joseph's

Although Saints generally hold the upper hand in matches between the two, last season St Joseph's won this fixture 1 - 0. St Joe's relish their trips to Oban and will once again provide stiff opposition for Saints.

St Joseph's recent SAFL record:-

2006/07 Premier Division One 4th
2007/08 Premier Division One 2nd (promoted)
2008/09 Premier Division Champions
2009/10 Premier Division 6th
2010/11 Premier Division 6th
2011/12 Premier Division 6th
2012/13 Premier Division 5th

Costly slip ups

Saints can attribute the dropped points from winning positions against Haldane United and Thorn Athletic to individual errors which, if eradicated, will hopefully see them get back to winning ways. However nothing should be taken away from Haldane's stirring fight back from three goals down with just ten men on the field. Any team would have been proud of that display, in fact had it been Tottenham they would have it out on DVD by now!

Similarly Thorn Athletic's solid performance at Glencruitten belied their run of four straight defeats leading up to their trip to Oban.

Saints and Thorn Athletic observe two minutes  silence for the late SAFA President Graham Harkness prior to their recent league match at 

Glencruitten 

Saturday's match with St Joseph's promises to be another keenly contested encounter with a good afternoon's entertainment guaranteed. Come along and lend your support if you can.

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